gti think that portion of their relationship is overblown it is the central conflict of the second book detta is the antagonist for that book and the major emotional conflicts susannah has revolve around her conflicting personalities i could see it working as her calling roland a house nigger or something willing to workdie for his massah or something like that but the conflict of white and black is a major defining characteristic of her person i suppose eddie will have to suffice unless they throw that whole plotline out that conflict was more interesting in my opinion anyways and could serve the same purpose i think he has the intensity for the role and unless they completely destroy susannah and conflicted personality i dont really care